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High-Tech Foosball Mod Project

Posted by chrisd on from the thirty-dollar-magstripe-readers dept.

JakeBullet writes: "Project: Take a standard foosball table and make it a little bit smarter. 1. The table should be aware of who's playing, the score and the status of the game. 2. Take the data from the game and use it to create a stats engine and player ranking system. 3. Project all relevant information about gameplay onto a flat screen. 4. Spend under $50.

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  1. To the author... by Gyan · · Score: 0, Troll


    Do you like playing foosball alone ? How ?

  2. cool project by tps12 · · Score: 1, Troll

    I was sort of dismayed to see how he seemed to stick with proprietary technologies like Windows and Director. Still, pretty fun project.

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  3. Proprietary technologies by PhysicsGenius · · Score: -1, Troll

    He doesn't seem to have modified the game itself much either. This is probably due to the stranglehold the WFF (World Foosball Federation) has on the standards committee. In recent years several people have been charged with copyright infringement after playing foosball with altered rules. They were all acquitted, but only on technicalities. I'm sure he didn't want to be a test case.